Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker of Myra in Lycia

Life

Translation of relics. In the time of Emperor Alexius Comnenus and Patriarch Nicholas Grammaticus, in the year 1087, the body of this saint was transferred from Myra in Lycia to the city of Bari in Italy. This occurred because of the Muslim invasion of Lycia. The saint appeared in a dream to a certain honorable priest in Bari and commanded that his relics be transferred to that city. At that time the city of Bari was Orthodox and under an Orthodox patriarch. During the translation of the saint's relics many miracles occurred, both from the touch of the relics and from the myrrh that flowed abundantly from them. On this day is also commemorated the miracle of Saint Nicholas over Stefan of Decani, the Serbian king — namely, how Saint Nicholas restored sight to the blind King Stefan.